This is probably more relevant to home lab users as it relates to unsupported hardware, as in my case, I’m running a VMware home lab on unsupported CPU hardware using Dell R710 servers running various Intel Xeon 56xx CPUs. If you want to see how I initially build my lab on the unsupported CPU hardware,Continue reading “Home Lab upgrade to vSphere 7.0.2”
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VMware NSX-T 3.1 Global Manager Deployment
I decided to write up some lessons learned when deploying the latest NSX-T instance in my home lab. I’m using NSX-T 3.1 and trying out the options to use the Global Manager option for deployment. Here’s a summary of what I worked on: NSX-T Global Deployment to include 2 Global NSX Managers clustered with aContinue reading “VMware NSX-T 3.1 Global Manager Deployment”
vSAN Witness on ESXiOnPi
Another continuation of my main blog post and working through my 3 use cases, this one happens to be something a lot of people have been asking me about. 2 node vSAN edge site with a remote witness, but what if the remote witness was in the same room and running on a Raspberry Pi.Continue reading “vSAN Witness on ESXiOnPi”
Create a vSAN 2 Node cluster on ESXi On Pi
Continuing up on my main blog post around using Raspberry Pi4b devices with the vSphere Fling, my first use case involves create a 2-node vSAN cluster on these devices using a virtual remote witness. Here’s how I set this up in my homelab. Assuming you already have 2 Raspberry Pi4b devices installed and configured withContinue reading “Create a vSAN 2 Node cluster on ESXi On Pi”
